On July 23, 2025, the Office for People with Developmental Disabilities adopted final regulations requiring all facilities certified or operated by OPWDD to maintain an agencywide Emergency Management Plan (EMP) and develop and…
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/ Administrative Law, Health
Does the saying “when the cat is away, the mice will play” apply to labor law? Some states, including New York, seem to think so. With the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB” or the “Board”) currently lacking a quorum, New…
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/ Administrative Law, Constitutional Law, Labor & Employment Law
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The President recently signed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) into law. And, while employee benefits play a relatively minor role in the bill, there are several surprisingly important changes tucked into…
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/ Labor & Employment Law, Taxation
With President Trump’s July 4th signing of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (“OBBBA,”) Federal reconciliation package into law, we will see massive shifts – some near-term, and others over time – in the administration of and…
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/ Health, Immigration Law, Insurance
July 17, 2025 By: Erin M. Callahan and Hilda (Hildy) Marinello Curtin On July 4, 2025, President Donald J. Trump signed the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” into law. The Act contains hundreds of provisions, including new tax…
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/ Labor & Employment Law, Taxation
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) will be extending the deadline for the mandatory off-cycle revalidation process for Medicare-certified skilled nursing facilities (SNFs). The revised deadline is Jan. 1,…
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/ Administrative Law, Health
On July 10, 2025, the College Sports Commission (“CSC”) issued a memo to Division I athletic directors to provide an update on NIL Go and other early trends post-House settlement…
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/ Administrative Law, Art, Entertainment, & Sports Law, Education Law
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In a wave of class-action litigation beginning around 2023, plaintiffs have alleged violations of fiduciary duties under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) and prohibited transaction rules in…
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/ Administrative Law, Labor & Employment Law
One of the challenging aspects of managing FMLA leaves, particularly intermittent leaves, is determining whether a certain absence is appropriately treated as a covered FMLA leave. In many such circumstances, if the absence is…
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/ Labor & Employment Law
On July 4, 2025, President Trump signed into law the legislation commonly referred to as the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act.” In follow up to our previous article, which discusses the bill as passed by the U.S. House of…
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/ Taxation, Wills, Trusts, & Estate Planning
July 2, 2025 By: Christa Richer Cook On June 27, 2025, the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) announced in a letter to federal contractors that they were invited to share information regarding their…
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/ Administrative Law, Civil Rights, Government Contracting, Labor & Employment Law
The New York City Department of Consumer and Worker Protection (“DCWP”) has recently amended the Earned Safe and Sick Time Act (“ESSTA”) to incorporate New York state’s paid prenatal leave, while including its own requirements…
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/ Administrative Law, Labor & Employment Law
The Supreme Court recently issued a unanimous decision in A. J. T. v. Osseo Area Schools, Independent School Dist. No. 279 that changes the standard for students pursuing disability discrimination claims against schools under…
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/ Civil Rights, Education Law
The European Union's (“EU”) Artificial Intelligence Act (the “AI Act” or “Act”), enacted in Aug. 2024, is the first comprehensive legal framework governing artificial intelligence having global reach. The Act aims to ensure that…
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/ Privacy, International Law & Trade, Science, Computers, & Technology
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) opened its EEO-1 filing platform on May 20, 2025. The deadline for employers to file their EEO-1 reports will be Tuesday, June 24, 2025…
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/ Civil Rights, Government Contracting, Labor & Employment Law
